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The North Georgia Celtic Festival returns to Gainesville

The Main Event

Posted: Friday, July 01, 2005

By From Staff Reports

The fourth annual North Georgia Celtic Festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. July 23 and noon to 6 p.m. July 24 at the Georgia Mountains Center and adjoining Roosevelt park in downtown Gainesville.

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The festival features live music from regional and national bands, arts and crafts vending, an indoors Irish Pub, Irish dancing and instruction, and medieval combat demonstrations from the Society of Creative Anachronism. There also will be lectures on Celtic themes from noted authors, scholars and cultural experts.

Bands include Georgia's Emerald Rose, Ru-Ra and champion fiddler Brendan Carey Block from New England, Fonnmhor of Michigan, The Long Drop and the Bordercollies of Atlanta.

The festival is $10 per adult for one day, $15 for both days; discounts are available for youth, students and seniors. Advance tickets are available at the GMC box office, (770) 534-8420, or through the Web site at www.emeraldrose.com/ngcf.